Oh come, sweet DMV, one last caress

A recap of what transpired on Friday afternoon:

Didn't run on Friday at all. Was riding as hard as possible, which was difficult weaving through the traffic at the Canal St. light. As I approached the numbered streets, I must've hit some air (a whole 2 inches, perhaps?) and the chain came off. I kept myself calm and fixed it, having the experience of a morning some weeks before fresh in mind. I was now just gunning for the 523. I made it in to Penn, and an underrated sensation is the riotous one I feel having stayed alive after a quick ride and then having to wait on a downward escalator. Dashing to Track 20, I made the 520 as the doors closed on the bike. Afterward nothing mattered.

I realize who the "you" is a lot of the time when I curse in to the wind, and the "you" is sometimes my former self, but mostly just Time. Time is an enemy -- though Time is indiscriminate -- Time is not on my side. I'll never beat Time (I'll beat the Time of my former self) but at best I can only break even in the moment.

On to today:

With our license plates in tow, I made the 749 with plenty of time to ensure that I can get to the Xpress DMV on 34th. Oh wait, the powerlines went on the LB tracks. So I dashed to RVC to make whatever train I could. I don't know what train it is b/c we're a half hour earlier than normal. The answer is that I was about 60 seconds too late for an express Penn train. I pushed pretty hard, too but Time won that one, probably to even the score from Friday. Still, just waited for the next one and it was fine.

What a colossal waste of time the Xpress DMV was -- although it cert. read online that we'd qualify for the services they'd solely provide, I was told to go to a full-service one.

So I dashed down. Hearing THIS internally. Thinking about the special torture awaiting me during my lunch break at the Battery Park DMV.

I found myself starting to have the same old feelings from a year ago as a confrontation with Smithers was pending, but I was able to silence it. Let's just focus the attention elsewhere.

Thank you for reading.